Dimensions
147 x 217 x 32mm
Seventeen-year-old Michael Faris knows dangerous truths. He knows that the flesh-eating, once-human "Bellows" can only be killed by destroying their brains. And he knows that his sweet, fragile five-year-old brother, Patrick, can be shattered without his psychiatric medicine. So as he treks the seemingly deserted West Virginia mountains, Michael protects Patrick with more than his rifle and reflexes: he weaves an elaborate and constant lie, telling his brother that everything around them-the violence, the Bellows, the religious fundamentalists who worship them-is just part of a big "game." But when they finally reach the Safe Zone in the Capitol, Michael must match his wits against an Army captain who is playing his own endgame... And redefine his ideas of safety, authority, and identity even as they fight for survival.
